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SHEAR7 Commercial v4.12c is a minor release that adds compatibility with the new software license keys. If you are still using the USB dongle license key, then updating from v4.12b is optional.

Please view the SHEAR7 v4.12c User Guide for further details.

Access the latest regression test files to ensure the accuracy and reliability of your SHEAR7 software installations.

• The regression test suite has been expanded in breadth and quantity to extend the verification checklist to include the newly added features and fixes to the bugs.
• The regression suite has been separated into regression and fault insertion tests.

Note: Regression tests have not changed since v4.12b

Please view the SHEAR7 v4.12c User Guide for further details.

SHEAR7 Academic v4.12c is a minor release that adds compatibility with the new software license keys. If you are still using the USB dongle license key, then updating from v4.12b is optional.

Please view the SHEAR7 v4.12c User Guide for further details.

Access the latest regression test files to ensure the accuracy and reliability of your SHEAR7 software installations.

• The regression test suite has been expanded in breadth and quantity to extend the verification checklist to include the newly added features and fixes to the bugs.
• The regression suite has been separated into regression and fault insertion tests.

Please view the SHEAR7 v4.12b User Guide for further details.

SHEAR7 Commercial v4.12b includes theoretical improvements, processing enhancements and bug fixes to improve various aspects of the software, and is now available for download. Some of the highlights of this new version include:

• Adjustment of Power Zone Amplitude Limit value in example files
• Inclusion of optional curvature time history output file, *.s7cth
• Added clearer error for non-existent input files. If an input *.s7dat cannot be resolved by SHEAR7 to an existing file, an output error code 74 will be written to a *.s7out of the same name
• Changes to SHEAR7 uninstaller and addition of SHEAR7 icons
• Added official support for Windows 11
• A new lift table for high Reynold’s number has been developed for High Reynolds numbers and included in the new Lift Table file.
• The Order that Power Zone Amplitude Limit (PZAL) And Power Cutoff are applied by SHEAR7 have been reversed (details for this change are provided in the User Guide).
• Inclusion of optional displacement time history output file *.s7dth

Please view the SHEAR7 v4.12b User Guide for further details.

SHEAR7 Academic v4.12b includes theoretical improvements, processing enhancements and bug fixes to improve various aspects of the software, and is now available for download. Some of the highlights of this new version include:

• Adjustment of Power Zone Amplitude Limit value in example files
• Inclusion of optional curvature time history output file, *.s7cth
• Added clearer error for non-existent input files. If an input *.s7dat cannot be resolved by SHEAR7 to an existing file, an output error code 74 will be written to a *.s7out of the same name
• Changes to SHEAR7 uninstaller and addition of SHEAR7 icons
• Added official support for Windows 11
• A new lift table for high Reynold’s number has been developed for High Reynolds numbers and included in the new Lift Table file.
• The Order that Power Zone Amplitude Limit (PZAL) And Power Cutoff are applied by SHEAR7 have been reversed (details for this change are provided in the User Guide).
• Inclusion of optional displacement time history output file *.s7dth

The v4.12b Academic License contains all changes above, including the new Varying Structural Damping “Stick-Slip” module for BETA testing, and is subject to the restrictions detailed in the SHEAR7 v4.12b User Guide.